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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN/SNOW PARALYSES JAMMU & KASHMIR...

The season's strongest spell crippled life in Jammu & Kashmir for the third consecutive day. Most places recorded more than 100 mm during the past 3 days. Few places got above 200 mm also. Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third consecutive day disrupting the link between Kashmir & rest of the country. Banihal recorded 235 mm of rain/snow during the past 3 days. The heaviest rain/snow occurred during the past 24 hours in J&K. Vagaries had forewarned of heavy precipitation and damage in the Sunday post..and also cautions of approaching M-2...

Himachal Pradesh also got good amount of rain/snow from this western disturbance. Most places got more than 50 mm. Also light to moderate rain/snow continued in Uttarakhand. In the plains, light to moderate rain continued from the past 48 to 72 hours. Gurgaon in Haryana again got good rain measuring 36 mm from this system. Rest parts of Delhi-NCR also recorded light to moderate rain. Safdarjung area also got hail yesterday. The system remained active over Delhi-NCR for 3 days. Amritsar in Punjab also reported good rain. Hailstorms were reported from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR & West UP.Here's the precipitation from the system over various parts of the region...IN MILLIMETRES

Maharashtra almost all places over Marathwada/Vidarbha received around 200mm of rain since March !!!What is happening to southern India- hot summer - 37-38degrees and TN is grappling with serious drought! Huge climate change taking its course. Most serious impact SE India.